Mac & Cheese Bites, Three Cheese
by Gastro grub
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0016000472914 · Gastro grub · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Mac & Cheese Bites, Three Cheese by Gastro grub scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 58 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 58-component record, beginning with Water, Bleached Wheat Flour, Enriched Durum Semolina. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 100/100
- Safe safety score
- 0
- None flagged · of 58 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- D
- Nutri-Score nutrition grade
Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.
Composite profile score
One verdict from three independent sources
63/100
Grade C+
Ingredient Safety
100/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
D
Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade
Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.
00472914 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Mac & Cheese Bites, Three Cheese label screening desk
17 of 58 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Hexametaphosphate). Source sheet 00472914 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Fiber One, Cheesecake Bar, Key Lime, Key Lime · Nearest score peer is Fiber One, Cheesecake Bar, Key Lime, Key Lime at the same screening score.
Screening model notes
How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record
Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.
This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.
The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Mac & Cheese Bites, Three Cheese scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.
Ingredient-list length vs other Frozen foods products
Mac & Cheese Bites, Three Cheese lists 58 ingredients on its label
58 87th percentile a longer ingredient list than 87% of the 7,008 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 11 products (0%)
- 2–4
- 54 products (1%)
- 4–6
- 54 products (1%)
- 6–8
- 66 products (1%)
- 8–10
- 102 products (1%)
- 10–12
- 112 products (2%)
- 12–14
- 184 products (3%)
- 14–16
- 205 products (3%)
- 16–18
- 245 products (3%)
- 18–20
- 284 products (4%)
- 20–22
- 264 products (4%)
- 22–24
- 298 products (4%)
- 24–26
- 247 products (4%)
- 26–28
- 271 products (4%)
- 28–30
- 284 products (4%)
- 30–32
- 294 products (4%)
- 32–34
- 325 products (5%)
- 34–36
- 319 products (5%)
- 36–38
- 314 products (4%)
- 38–40
- 283 products (4%)
- 40 and above
- 2,792 products (40%)
Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026
Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 7,008 Frozen foods products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Water, Bleached Wheat Flour, Enriched Durum Semolina (Durum Semolina Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Soybean Oil, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto Color), Yellow Corn Flour, Cream Cheese (Milk And Cream, Salt, Carob Bean Gum, Cheese Cultures), Parmesan Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Contains Less Than 2% Of: Apocarotenal (Color), Butter (Cream, Salt), Canola Oil, Cellulose Gum, Citric Acid, Dextrose, Egg, Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Enzyme Modified Cheese (Milk, Water, Sodium Phosphate, Milkfat, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Enzymes), Lactic Acid, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Methylcellulose, Milk Protein Concentrate, Modified Cornstarch, Monoglycerides, Nonfat Milk, Paprika Extract (Color), Salt, Sodium Alginate, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Sorbic Acid (Preservative), Soy Flour, Spices, Sugar, Wheat Flour, Whey, Yeast.
Other products containing Organic Refined Durum Semolina Wheat Flour
Organic Refined Durum Semolina Wheat Flour is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 69 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
High-score cross-brand comparables for Mac & Cheese Bites, Three Cheese
Neighbours outside Gastro grub with screening scores in the same high band as Mac & Cheese Bites, Three Cheese (100/100 here). No other Gastro grub products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (58 on 0016000472914).
Read the longer label in layers
Read the longer label in layers
Mac & Cheese Bites, Three Cheese has a longer ingredient list than 87% of its Frozen foods category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.
- Open Sodium Hexametaphosphate first, then work through the remaining 58 parsed entries. Inspect ingredients
- Compare this longer label with a cross-brand product of similar list depth. Compare label depth
- Use the methodology to separate a derived screening score from dietary or medical advice. Read the boundary
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0016000472914: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.